City Hall
And so it begins. The Dallas City Council got a first look at the process of preparing the 2024-25 and 2025-26 biennial budget on Wednesday and was advised of a looming $38 million shortfall. Interim City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert introduced the May 15 budget briefing. “As a result of revenue limits and increased expense…
More than 60 residents returned to City Hall on Thursday night for a second public hearing on an updated draft version of the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan. The document is under review by the City Plan Commission and will be presented to the City Council in the fall, officials said last week. City staff…
Dallas voters could decide this November whether to double council member salaries to $125,000 per year, require that the Community Police Oversight director and Inspector General be appointed by the City Council, and delete the provision prohibiting the City Council from “interfering” with appointees and subordinates of the city manager. In all, the council is…
Just in time for the update of the City’s controversial comprehensive land use plan, Dallas has a new director of planning and urban design. Emily Liu, who most recently served as director of Louisville, Ky.’s Metro Planning and Design Services, will start her new job May 20, city officials announced Tuesday. Andrea Gilles, who has…
Last week’s meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on General Investigating and Ethics proved that District 12 Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn is not suffering fools. That somebody messed up by allowing employees to work for four months in a building that didn’t have permits and wasn’t up to code is an accusation she takes seriously. As…
